aes24 International Evaluation Conference

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Lydia Phillips

Lydia Phillips Consulting
Principal Consultant
Melbourne, Victoria

Contact Me

I operate an independent consulting practice, providing evaluation and social policy services to community organisations and government.

With a background in law and social policy, I have more than 15 years' experience building and using evidence in order to create positive social change and improve outcomes for marginalised or disadvantaged people. I love working at the intersections of service systems and I'm particularly passionate about preventing and responding to family violence and improving outcomes for people in contact with the justice system.

I have a Masters of Evaluation from Melb Uni and I sit on the AES' Victorian committee. In 2023-24, I was also an Associate Mentor in the AES Group Mentoring Program.

When I'm not working, I write and perform music as a singer-songwriter and hang out with two delightful small humans.

Looking forward to seeing familiar and new faces at AES24!

9:00am AEST

Opening plenary: Welcome to Country followed by June Oscar "Wiyi Yani U Thangani - re-imagining evaluation with a gender justice lens" Plenary 1June Oscar AO

11:00am AEST

Design-stage evaluative thinking: helping NGOs and grant makers learn to love evaluation from the start 103Duncan Rintoul • Claire Grealy • Jacqueline Webb • Virginia Poggio • Kirsty Burrow • Luciano Campello

11:30am AEST

Culturally Responsive Initiatives: Lessons in effective Initiative Design and Evaluation of initiatives that affect First Nations people 104Eugenia Marembo

1:30pm AEST

Enhancing evaluation value for small community organisations: A case example 104Allison Clarke • Stephanie Button • Carolyn McSporran

2:30pm AEST

Navigating a path to system impact: designing a strategic impact evaluation of education programs 104Amanda Reeves • Eunice Sotelo When speed is of the essence: How to make sure the rubber hits the road 103Kristy Hornby

3:30pm AEST

Plenary: James Copestake "What next? From evaluating to anticipating" Plenary 1James Copestake

4:30pm AEST

Wayfinding for integrating social justice and culturally responsive and equitable evaluation practices in meta-evaluation: Learning from the UN evaluation quality assessments. 101-102Sandra Ayoo Evaluation Lab: Using design to solve evaluation challenges Plenary 1Matt Healey

5:00pm AEST

Failing your way to better practice: How to tread carefully when things aren't going as planned 105Stephanie White

8:30am AEST

Plenary: Elizabeth Hoffecker "Wayfinding tools for learning and evaluation in complex systems" Plenary 1Elizabeth Hoffecker

11:00am AEST

Culturally inclusive evaluation with culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia 101-102Thushara Dibley • Lena Etuk

11:30am AEST

"Nothing about us, without us": Developing evaluation framework alongside victim-survivors of modern slavery using representative participatory approaches 101-102Ellie Taylor Social Impact Measurement & Evaluation – the similarities & differences that complement our journey to more fit-for-purpose destinations. 106

12:00pm AEST

Systems evaluation to the rescue!: How do we use systems evaluation to improve societal and planetary wellbeing? 104Kristy Hornby • Tenille Moselen Getting to the value add: Timely insights from a realist developmental evaluation Plenary 1Phillip Belling • Liam Downing

1:30pm AEST

A tool for addressing violence against women: An examination of the creation, benefits, and drawbacks of the Evidence Portal 103Charlotte Bell The Art of Qualitative Sensemaking: Exploring New Methods 105Matt Healey • Sharon Marra-Brown • Monica Wabuke • alli burness

2:00pm AEST

Harnessing AI for Qualitative Data Analysis 101-102Ethel Karskens

3:30pm AEST

Committed to mentoring 103Julie Elliott • Rick Cummings • Martina Donkers • Lydia Phillips

10:30am AEST

Involving children and young people in evaluations: Equity through active participation Plenary 1Sharon Marra-Brown • Moya Johansson • Mitchell Rice-Brading

11:00am AEST

Participatory Analysis Workshops: a novel method for identifying important factors across diverse projects 104Jade Maloney • Martina Donkers • Ellen Wong

12:00pm AEST

A sprint, not a marathon: Rapid Evaluation as an approach for generating fast evidence and insights 104Marnie Carter

1:30pm AEST

Finding ways to empower multicultural survivors of violence through evaluation: strategies, learnings and reflections 104Lydia Phillips

2:00pm AEST

Introducing a trauma informed AI assessment tool for evaluators of AI (artificial intelligence) assisted programs and services. 104Lyndal Sleep

2:30pm AEST

Closing plenary: Panel, John Gargani "Finding Our Way to the Future Profession of Evaluation" Plenary 1John Gargani